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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
5
The report shows the overall total of 493,500 dollars for Hannibal and Marion county. It notes prior totals and aggregates for Hannibal and Miller township and South River township. The combined grand total is 493,500.00.
Committees report Hannibal trails the Victory Liberty Loan quota by about 86000 as the drive nears closure this week. Hannibal’s Monday total reaches 471000 while Southriver and Miller townships lift the city-county tally to 493500 with funds from factories banks ladies and men’s committees and a canteen fund contributing varied amounts.
A working man describes dramatic relief from swollen painful joints after using Neutrone Prescription 99. He details prior failures with tablets and liniments and credits one bottle with ending pain and swelling, letting him resume daily tasks. The drug is sold for 60 cents and 1.00 per bottle at Owl Drug Store and other druggists.
Funeral services for William McRae who died suddenly Sunday evening at his East Hill home will be at 2 30 this afternoon from the CC Ponnell Kothers chapel on South Fifth street with private burial in Riverside cemetery. He leaves wife Laura Medue and son Charles of Hannibal and sister Mrs Jenny Leitz of this city. He was nearly 86 and death followed influenza with heart failure. He lived in Hannibal most of his life and worked for James McConexy for 17 years and later at the McCooey grocery store on North Main street.
William Kanaley, born and raised in Hannibal and son of Edward Kanaley of Reservoir street, fought with the King's Own Regulars after enlisting in Chicago. His sister Miss Mary Kanaley, also of Reservoir street, has just visited him and his wife in Chicago. He earned a furlough and is expected to be discharged soon. He was wounded in the knee during fighting in the Argonne forest in October after enlisting in 1917 and taking part in some of the war's fiercest battles.
Mr and Mrs A P Rummans of North Third street report a letter from their son Roy Rummans with Battery A 123rd field artillery 33rd division saying he expects to be home in a few weeks. He wrote from Luxemburg and they believe he is on his way to a French port to embark for the United States as his division has been ordered home. He enlisted two years ago and has served in France for almost two years.
Corporal Gene Branstetter of Company F, 134th Infantry, 35th Division, arrived at Newport News Virginia. He telegraphed his mother Mrs Lettie Branstetter of 313 Hill Street who received the news hours after his boat reached the American port. Branstetter served through the war without a furlough.
Joe Miller son of Mrs. Margaret Miller of North Third Street has gone to Washington D C to work for the government. Vic was discharged from the navy at the Great Naval Training Station and says only dead men tell ghost stories.
Four women in Hannibal faced heavy penalties in three state courts for maintaining bawdy houses in the segregated district. Fines totaled $800 for each, with $200 payments per defendant and costs. One defendant paid by check after lamenting monthly fines. Prosecuting Attorney Hamlin had earlier fined the women for liquor sales without a license, adding to more than $4,200 paid this year across three courts. The report notes prior closures of a second house and describes courtroom remarks by Sarah Smyth.
Major Goodwin, a U S Army officer, visited Hannibal Monday to confer with Sergeant R Haeussermann who runs the local recruiting branch and oversee matters connected with Army recruiting. He spoke with local personnel and was in Hannibal for a preliminary assessment before resuming duties.
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier that cleanses the blood to cure pimples itching and other skin troubles. It claims diseases originate from polluted blood and promises prompt results with medical advice from Swift Specific Co in Atlanta.
Naomi Lee, a Negro woman, was arraigned before Judge Hagan on a charge of slashing William Smith with a knife. She confessed and was sentenced to six months in county jail. Smith, a Negro, is a patient at Levering hospital recovering. The incident occurred about 1 AM Sunday in Lee's Lemon Street home. she was apprehended soon after. A charge of common assault was brought against her.
Local items report A L Flick Call confined at home after Mayo Clinic surgery in Rochester. Funeral held for Herrice Scott, 10, burned at home. Mrs Daisy Cattle and daughter back from St Louis visit. Various residents visit, return, or transact business. A Hannibal-Moberly game postponed due to rain. Police detain Mrs Genevia Harrington from Jacksonville asylum. Emma Perkins and Ernest Smith wed at Immaculate Conception. Bertha Miller and W H Knobel marry at Camp Funston. oldest bank notes noted from China 2497 years before Christ.
The Mississippi river at Hannibal held at about eighteen feet Monday night, five feet above flood stage, easing local fears after days of rising levels. Levees near Hannibal were considered secure, though continued high water caused unease among residents behind the big levee system. Reports denied a levee break at Taylor in Marion county, and water was expected to fall today as Des Moines river levels decline upstream.
Paris April 28 Havas reports that American peace conference circles say President Wilson does not plan to add to his recent Adriatic Issues statement with Italy.
Three ambulance runs listed for Monday include Rebekah Lockwood from the St James hotel to St Mary hospital Albert Flohre from 2250 Broadway to Blessing hospital and CC W Prite from Fifth and Chestnut to the Soldiers Home Also two boys Leroy Simons and Daniel Heinbach arraigned on a grocery robbery charge placed on probation with weekly payments to reimburse $27 35 plus $10 costs Country Club House to open Friday with repairs done First meals scheduled a week from Sunday Non High School District Board met to arrange tuition for non resident high school pupils
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